Quote Originally Posted by hdkbill View Post
It's a better testimony about requiring "current" HIV test documentation prior to the shoot as "proof" that the model is HIV negative.
I would disagree. I think Lee's point is that very few people, particularly young people, actually understand the risks of bareback sex and STI infection, and the issues of the latency period.

In the past year, I've spoken to about a dozen models that were considering doing (or had already done) bareback work for another studio. After I had fully explained the risks, the limitations of testing, and the secondary factors (anyone willing to bareback has probably done so before, and therefore already at higher risk of transmitting HIV than someone who's never barebacked), in all but one case, the models decided not to accept the offer to bareback, and a number of models who had previously done bareback decided not to do any further work.

If someone is already positive, I point them to the literature on reinfection and the risks of further health complications (something, sadly, many of them are unaware of.)

I really believe that if the risks are properly and fully disclosed, most intelligent people will not choose to take the risk, because it simply isn't worth it. If they do, then it's their choice, but at least they've entered into the situation with a full understanding of the risks.

If a studio cares about its models as people and not simply as exploitable commodities, there really isn't any other way to operate.